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>The Entry widget emits an 'activate' signal when you
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>  entry = gtk_entry_new();
  gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT(entry), "activate",
                      GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(entry_callback),
                      NULL);</PRE
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